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Live Travel Journals, Diaries and Photos from real Travellersen-usTue, 31 Mar 2015 18:07:31 +0000Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:07:31 +0000Day 73 Thailand Phitsanulok Sukhothai.Hi all We woke up early to head to the bus station in Phitsanulok which was about a 20 minute walk from the Royal Place hotel. The bus was 57 baht just over 1 to get to Sukhothai about an hour away. We even me some girls from Stroud on the bhttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-870722.html
Day 72 Day 71 was lost in travelling Phitsanulok ThailandHi AllOur first hostel in Phitsanulok has actually turned out to be a hotel and it was only 3.70 each a night. So after the longest 2days of travelling ever it was a relief to find someone on the 24hr desk to show us straight to our deluxe privhttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-870508.html
Day 70 Starting the travels again flying to Bangkok Thailand from Heathrow London via AmmanJordan.Hello Followers and fellow bloggers As most of you know Neil lost his Dad on 02.01.15 due to a blood clot in his heart. It was a terrible shock to all of Malcolms family and friends words just cannot describe it. Malcolms send off https://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-870498.html
What history had to offerStill alive WaheyI met this lovely German girl called Kika in Ayutthaya. We went for a few drinks and it was cool to discuss my early opinions about Thailand with her and hear someone else's perspective on it all too.I then got the train to Lopbuhttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-869741.html
Bangkok Ayutthaya ShukotaiSaludos varios fenomenosLa entrada anterior la dej en Bangkok despus de pillar un tuktuk desde Khao San hasta nuestro hostel. S hostel Yo pensaba que habamos cado en un hotel sin s pero no al pillar una tarjeta con la direccin cohttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-806574.html
now I know how they make the buddha statuesThe main reason I stopped in Phitsanulok or Philo how it is called here was that I needed reliable Internet access to work a bit. That is your destiny when you run your own company sometimes you cannot avoid to work a bit even while travelling. But thttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-766055.html
Phitsanulok y SukhothaiEl tren en el que iba se accident y entre repararlo y que andaba ms lento de lo normal se tard casi 4 horas ms de lo estimado con lo que llegu a Phitsanulok a las 9pm y sin esperanzas de llegar ese mismo da a Sukhothai a una hora ms en bushttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-745339.html
Phitsanulok 1113 Aug 12Another long weekend here in Thailand this time it was the Queen39s Birthday which apparently doubles up as Mother39s Day here. I took the opportunity to make an even further trip up north this time travelling some six hours plus to Phitsanulok ahttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-736986.html
PitsanulokWe besloten om doorheen onze maandreis met Jan39s mama Karla het rustig aan te doen. Ook voor ons is het zoveel leuker als we niet hoeven te zoeven van de ene plek naar de andere. We namen dus opnieuw een trein en de ticketverkoper zei 39je kan de https://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-732647.html
Day 25 Bangkok to PhitsanulokWe left Bangkok behind and started our roadtrip up North. First we visited the summer palace for the royal family. We then continued on to Ayutthaya the old capital of Thailand. Ayutthaya had some impressive ruins including Bang PaIn Palace which includehttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-698716.html
SukhothaiStarting to make our way down to the South and the first stop was SukhothaiPhitsanulok for a bit of culture The new town was so quiet except for the hundreds of birds in the evening. We went to the old town to the Historical Park to see a load of monhttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-688542.html
Vipassana Meditation ThailandI made it through 10 days of noble silence at my Vipassana Mediation course. It was pretty intense. I found it very challenging but worth it. I don39t want to describe too much as I don39t want to project any of my experiences on someone who has nothttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-632089.html
Phitsanulok to Chiang Mai by Honda Wave 125Returned from a weekend road trip to Chiang Mai this evening. Two days and 10 hours on the road total. A bit hot in the afternoons as you might expect with some light rain in the late morning on the way back.I ride around Thailand on a Honda Wave 125 ahttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-487493.html
everything is as it is supposed to be...it must be or it would be otherwise... i spent a couple of days in bangkok which is actually a western basterdization of the name of a village that used to exist there called bang makok... the official name of the city is are you ready for ithttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-397931.html
sukhothai ancient kingdom of thailandlazy picture blog today. sukhothai is in central thailand we had to stay in a small town called phitsanulok for two days with no hot water no flushing toilets and a squatting toilet at that. the room was just enough for our hard 'bed' to fit in which whttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-384304.html
Phitsanulok humid townFriday 20thWe headed south to a workaday Thai town called Phitsanulok by express coach. I unfortunately left our detailed guidebook on the bus so we didn't even have a map of town. We found a reasonable guest house however having rejected the first. I https://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-377002.html
Rural Hut Living a family of 9 Elephants From one camp to another After breakfast and repacking again it was time for Jane and me to leave the Lemon House for two weeks and make the 3 hour drive to our new home. We climbed aboard the open top jeep with our two tour guides Kim Eg at https://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-367188.html
Vipassana Meditation Retreat Phitsanulok ThailandSeptember 18 2008....This has been by far one of the most difficult and rewarding experiences i have ever had in my life. Personally not being able to speak touch or have eye contact with anyone during 10 days really hit me. At the beggining https://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-318531.html
Water Festival April 12 The 12th was another day of travel. I flew from Siem Reap to Bangkok. I then had to find a way to Phitsanulok which is a little over 300 Kms away. I decided on a taxi. I was offered a ride for 5ooo Baht 165. I decided to keep trying but I hahttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-267023.html
South through Thailand Chiang Mai Phitsanoluk SukothaiOn Thursday 3rd we 'woke up' from having an aweful sleep on our uncomfortable bus to Chiang Mai. It arrived just before 9am after 16 hours on 3 buses was comforting to see our bags still in the bus. We payed the standard 3 baht to use a toilet and then ghttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Phitsanulok/blog-264298.html